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Grades 9-12

The People Connection

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SUBJECTS: Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Demographic Transition Model, Carrying Capacity, Fertility/Mortality, Global Change, Math - Population Growth Curves, Migration, World Population Trends/History

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Population dynamics background reading: An overview of world population history, current demographic trends, migration, and the concept of carrying capacity.

Refugees from Syria walking from Croatia to Serbia.

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